Teen Rep Production: Nightmares & Streetscapes

Student directed production of works by Christopher Durang, Eric Lane, Edward Albee and Peter Tolan.

Written By: One Act Plays by Edward Albee, Christopher Durang, Eric Lane and Peter Tolan

Directed By: Evan Barcello, Kati Carini, KC Sauer and Natalie Spence

Dates: Performances: May 3,4,9,10,11

Times: All performances at 7:30pm

Tickets: $15 Adults / $8 Students & Seniors

Junior Rep Production: Alice Threw the Looking Glass

First-year college student Alice is in serious danger of failing her English course when she follows her composition paper into the trash -- and ends up in a hallucinatory world where the rules of grammar are turned upside-down. If she wants to pass, she'll need to deal with gunslinging run-on sentences, thugs hawking colloquialisms, fearsome Modifier Leeches, and more. Inspired by Lewis Carroll and parodying the terse manual The Elements of Style by Strunk & White, this ingenious comedy explores the fantasy world of language in all its grotesque mutations.

Written By: John Walch

Directed By: Lorra Webb

Dates: Performances: April 4-6

Times: 7:30pm

Tickets: $15 Adults / $8 Students & Seniors

Hear What's In The Heart - A Shoemaker's Tale

“Hear What's in the Heart” has played to sold-out houses at the Zephyr Theater in Los Angeles, California, Westchester, and New York City. While in Los Angeles, the show garnered two Drama-Logue Critics Awards (for Best Performance and Best Writing) and was chosen for presentation at the prestigious HBO Workshop. In 2009, “Hear What's in the Heart” was selected to be in the NY Fringe Festival, where it received outstanding reviews.

Hear What's In The Heart - A Shoemaker's Tale, is set against the backdrop of a post-funeral gathering to celebrate the life of Scionti's grandfather, Angelo Morello (who owned Angleo's Shoe Repair on Main Street in Middletown).
Taking us through the funeral day's events, Scionti paints a theatrical family portrait in a series of humorous and poignant vignettes transforming himself into various family members and friends, jumping back and forth through time to affecting moments on his journey into adulthood. Eight characters are portrayed in all, including his grandfather; his father Sebastiano; his mother Rosetta; brother Antonio; uncles Amadeo and Manny; Jerry, the local neighborhood pizza-maker; and Brother Connelly, a teacher from Xavier High School in Middletown, CT.

Poster Design by Romil Ilagin

Written By: Steven Scionti & Anthony Crivello

Directed By: Anthony Crivello

Dates: Thursdays, May 16, 2013 thru June 20, 2013 - 7:30pm

Times: 7:30pm

Tickets: All Tickets $20

Middletown Comedy Night

The Great Make Believe Society returns to Middletown to perform their monthly improv show at Oddfellows Playhouse on May 24th.

Working with nothing but audience suggestions and imagination, professionally trained improvisers create a never-before-seen production right before your eyes. In this unique show, the sparks will fly, and so will the laughs. And, the audience will influence the evening's stories and scenes.

The Great Make Believe Society creates live performances utilizing the art of improvised theater. And to help spread the goodness of improv, The Great Make Believe Society provides experiences to help people be in the moment and celebrate life.

Directed By: Topher Pollack

Dates: May 24, 2013

Times: 8:00pm

Tickets: $10 General Admission